| Minute | Text commentary |
| 48' | Inter lead Empoli 1-0 at the break. |
| 48' | Mariano Gonzalez makes a diagonal run from the right and then plays wide to Andreolli. The Italian defender's cross is blocked. |
| 47' | Bassi blocks a Stankovic cross from the left. |
| 45' | 3 minutes of added time. |
| 44' | Almiron close for Empoli. The Argentine midfielder runs on to a pass and hits it first time from 25 yards. Luckily for us, it's wide of the target. |
| 43' | Great chance for Inter. Materazzi picks out Recoba with a long-range pass. The Uruguayan waltzes past an opponent and plays into the path of Figo who serves Mariano Gonzalez, but the Argentine miskicks in front of Bassi. |
| 39' | Headed clearance by Cordoba from Vannucchi's left-wing centre. |
| 39' | Inter replace Julio Cruz, who appears to have suffered an injury, with Mariano Gonzalez. |
| 38' | More heroics from Julio Cesar, who gets a fingertip to the ball to deny Almiron. |
| 37' | Vannucchi tests Julio Cesar with a 25-yard shot. Our keeper is equal to the Empoli captain's effort. |
| 35' | Cruz is caught offside as he runs to meet a Stankovic through pass. |
| 34' | Another brilliant save by Julio Cesar. This time, the Brazilian goalkeeper keeps out Saudati's flicked header from Moro's left-wing cross. |
| 32' | Cruz has a penalty claim turned down by Damato after being pulled off the ball by Empoli defender Lucchini. |
| 31' | Inter close to a second. Recoba bursts past Almiron on the right and hits the post with fierce diagonal strike. Bassi then saves a low effort from Figo. |
| 28' | GOOAAALLL!!!!!! Inter hit straight back and take the lead through Julio Cruz. Recoba makes a darting crossfield run and plays low to Cambiasso. The Argentine midfielder backheels into the path of the unmarked Cruz who crashes past Bassi. Inter 1-0 Empoli. |
| 27' | Andreolli whips in a cross from the right. Pratali clears and Empoli mount a counter-attack which comes to an end with Julio Cesar blocking a Vannucchi cross to deny Saudati. |
| 25' | Empoli close again. Vannucchi outpaces Stankovic down the left and crosses for Saudati, whose close-range backheeled effort is saved by Julio Cesar. |
| 23' | Stankovic heads Figo's curling cross into the path of Cruz who fires wide, but the linesmen gives a goal kick as the ball had crossed the by-line before the Serbian played it. |
| 20' | Almiron makes a headed clearance from Figo's corner after Stankovic has a cross blocked. |
| 18' | Andreolli shows his class, dispossessing Empoli captain Vannucchi before playing square to Dacourt, whose pass for Cruz is intercepted. |
| 17' | Bassi gets down to block Recoba's low, left-foot drive from 20 yards. |
| 16' | Cruz goes through on goal after meeting a Figo pass, but the flag goes up for offside again. |
| 15' | Pozzi gets a cross in from the left edge of the Inter box. Eder fires wide after Grosso's half-clearance. |
| 12' | Empoli make an early switch, with Eder replacing Buscè who has sustained an injury. |
| 12' | El Chino's curling free kick is blocked by Bassi. |
| 11' | Free kick to Inter 25 yards out on the right for a foul by Pratali on Luis Figo. |
| 10' | Cruz slots in Grosso's first-time cross from the left but it won't count as the flag goes up for offside. |
| 9' | Figo launches a long-range pass for Recoba but overhits it slightly. Bassi collects. Back in our half, Materazzi makes a vital intervention to deny the Tuscan strikers. |
| 6' | Empoli hit back at Inter and go close to scoring. Julio Cesar pulls off a great block from Saudati's close-range shot from Vannucchi's left-wing cross. Nothing comes of the resultant corner. |
| 6' | Cruz swings in a cross from the right by-line after a great ball down the wing by Andreolli. Vanigli beats Recoba to the ball and makes a headed clearance. |
| 4' | Empoli captain Vanucchi fires well wide after creating space for a 25-yard shot. |
| 3' | Recoba plays a beautiful ball over the Empoli defence for Cruz, who goes down under a challenge, but for match ref Damato there's no penalty. |
| 2' | Alvaro Recoba's inswinging cross is caught by Empoli keeper Bassi. |
| 1' | We beat today's opponents Empoli 3-0 in the first half of the season. Crespo, Ibrahimovic, Samuel scored second-half goals on that occasion to give Inter a seven-point lead over Roma. |
| 1' | Welcome to the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza for Inter's first home game as 2006/07 Italian champions. |
| 1' | With that victory over the Tuscan outfit, Mancini's side matched the club's record of 8 consecutive top-flight victories set in 1939/40, 1964/65 and 1988/89. |
| 1' | Inter went on to notch an incredible 17 Serie A wins in a row before being held 1-1 at Udinese in Week 26. |
| 1' | Back to today's match, and the stadium is beginning to fill ahead of what will be a memorable evening for Inter fans. |
| 1' | The pre-match entertainment has started with an eight-a-side game between the players of the academy's record-breaking Pulcini A (Under-11) team, who won their championship with 22 wins out of 22, scoring 292 goals and conceding just 30. |
| 1' | A thunderous roar rings around the Meazza as the Nerazzurri come on to the pitch for the pre-match warm-up. |
| 1' | Lineups: <br> Inter: Julio Cesar; Andreolli, Cordoba, Materazzi, Grosso; Figo, Dacourt, Cambiasso, Stankovic; Recoba, Cruz. <br> Empoli: Bassi; Raggi, Vanigli, Pratali, Lucchini; Buscè, Almiron, Vannucchi, Moro; Pozzi, Saudati. |
| 1' | Cruz and Recoba start in attack together for the first time this season. The Argentine has scored one career goal against Empoli, while the Uruguayan has scored three against the Azzurri, including that famous effort from the halfway line in January 1998. |
| 1' | Central defender Marco Andreolli is set for his seventh first-team appearance. The Italy Under-21 international made his Inter debut in the goalless draw with Reggina on the final day of the 2004/05 season - Inter's last home game without scoring. |
| 1' | The players are set to come back out on the pitch as the loudspeakers blast out the re-recorded version of our anthem - Pazza Inter. |
| 1' | A fireworks display is under way as the Curva Nord provides a pre-match Scudetto spectacle, with a huge Italian flag flanked by the black and blue colours of Inter. On the pitch, a thousand black and blue balloons are released. |
| 1' | It will be a few more minutes before kick-off as the players and coaching staff pose for a group photo with their children. |
| 1' | And on the big screen, a photo of Giacinto Facchetti looks down on the pitch. |
| 1' | We're under way as Empoli kick off. |
| 1' | Figo sweeps wide to Materazzi, whose right-wing cross is blocked. Corner for Inter. |
| Minute | Text commentary |
| 47' | Full time. Inter beat Empoli 3-1. |
| 46' | Figo has a volley blocked after Bassi's parry from Stankovic's cross. |
| 45' | Two minutes of injury time to play. |
| 45' | Mariano Gonzalez slaloms an opponent during a run into the box from the left but is then dispossessed. |
| 37' | Almiron's effort from distance is wide. |
| 34' | Saudati strikes the post with a poked effort from Marianini's right-wing cross. |
| 31' | Empoli bring on Marzoratti for Lucchini, and Marianini for Pozzi. |
| 30' | Grosso fires wide from an acute angle. |
| 29' | Mancini makes his third switch. On comes Maxwell for Olivier Dacourt. |
| 26' | Javier Zanetti is welcomed with a roaring applause as he comes on for Alvaro Recoba. |
| 26' | Incredible miss by Figo. With just Bassi to beat, the Portuguese midfielder blazes over the bar. |
| 25' | Recoba drills in a low cross from the left. Vanigli beats Gonzalez to the ball and concedes a corner. |
| 23' | Vannucchi fires narrowly over Julio Cesar's bar after a ten-yard run on goal. |
| 20' | The Inter defence clears Vannucchi's outswinging right-wing free kick. |
| 19' | Stankovic is denied a second as Lucchini makes a vital block in the penalty area. |
| 15' | GOOOOAAALLL!!!!! In loads of space on the right side of the area Dejan Stankovic receives a pass from Cambiasso, picks his spot and drills it low past Bassi and into the far corner. |
| 14' | We're back in front!!!! Alvaro Recoba scores directly from the corner flag. What a way to score your first of the season! Inter 2-1 Empoli. |
| 14' | Vanigli heads behind for a corner after Bassi's one-handed save from Grosso's cross-shot. |
| 12' | The visitors have equalised at the Meazza. Saudati collects Almiron's short pass, takes one touch of the ball and fires low into the left corner. Inter 1-1 Empoli. |
| 10' | Recoba tries a combination with Mariano Gonzalez on the edge of the box but Eder intercepts. |
| 8' | Pratali blocks a Mariano Gonzalez effort from inside the Empoli box. Corner for Inter. |
| 5' | Julio Cesar makes a brilliant diving save from Saudati's flicked header from Pratali's right-wing cross. |
| 4' | Stankovic is booked for a foul on Vannucchi. On a caution, the Serbian midfielder will automatically miss next Sunday's trip to Messina. |
| 3' | Julio Cesar blocks the Empoli captain's curling free kick with his fists. |
| 2' | Empoli awarded a free kick in a central position 25 yards out after a Dacourt fol on Vannucchi. |
| 1' | Inter kick off the second half. FORZA CAMPIONI!!!! |